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PICTURESQUE WATERTOWN, N. Y. A City of Homes 



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AMERICAN CORNER. 
Birthplace of 5 and 10 Cent business, Sept '.'4, 1878. 



ATKRTOWN, N. Y., the capital of Jefferson 
County, is far-famed for its beauty and the energy 
and progressive spirit of its citizens, both of which 
have combined to place the community in the first 
rank among the interesting smaller cities of the 
country. Black River, upon which Watertown is situated, is a 
grand water power with a fall within the city limits of over 
one hundred feet, and the location of manufacturing indus- 
tries attracted here by this cheap and constant power has been 
the principal cause of the city's wonderful growth during the 
last fifteen years — from 14,700 population in ls<io, to over 
30,000 at the present time. The post office receipts have gained 
over fifty per cent, in the past five years. 

The great manufacturing plants of Watertown are known all 
over the world. The Brake works (The New York Air Brake) 
has a branch in Russia, steam engines built here are running in Japan, and 
our carriages, paper and paper-making machinery are used in every country 
on the globe. 

Watertown is literally a " city of homes " which its public-spirited citizens 
have contributed liberally to beautify. A truly artistic and beautiful library 
has been built and donated to the city by Mrs. Emma Flower Taylor in lov- 
ing memory of her father, Governor Roswell P. Flower. Some unknown 
benefactor has enriched the citizens by a gift of a splendid park, in which are 
beautiful drives and magnificent views from hills, unsurpassed in any public 
domain in the United States. A fine new High School and " The Rothstock, ' ' 
an eight-storied hotel and department store combined, are among the latest 
improvements. Others are constantly being made, particularly in Public 
Square, where two new blocks will occupy the site of the old Harris House 
and the Universalist Church. 

The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad is about to make ex- 
tensive improvements in transportation facilities, including the erection of 
new passenger and freight depots. 

This little book will help to an appreciation of the city's possibilities and 
of the beauties of which the citizens are iustlv proud. 

ON THE BTJRR\ ILLE DRIVE. 

Published for W. H. MOORE'S 5 AND 10 CENT STORE, Watertown, N. Y. 

Copyright, 1905, by L. H. NELSON COMPANY, Portland, Maine. 





PANORAMIC VIEW FROM THE ROTHSTOCK. 
Showing State Streel on left and Franklin Street in front. City Park in the background. In the center between the two BtreetS may be seen the Universal ist 
Church ami the Harris House im« being torn down to make room for a modern hotel and office building with arcade to Franklin street. 










l'ANOUAMIC VIKW" KKOM THK ROTHSTOCK 



Looking up Franklin Street. £. M-. C. A. Building in foreground. " Bonny Brae " the proposed residence addition to the City Park is located back of this sec- 
tion, the park proper on the left. The finest macadam loads are being built through this section to connect with Washington Street shown on the right, 




WATERTOWN PUBLIC SQUARE LOOKING WEST FROM STATE STREET. 
Woodrofl Hi aist- mi the right and through it the entrance to Railroad Station. American Building, back of Soldier's Monument, income of which supports Henry 
Keep Home for old people ; endowed liy Mrs. Henry Keep Schley. 



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PUBLIC SQUARE LOOKING WEST FROM SMITH BUILDING. 
The entrance to the Railroad Station is through the archway shown under the Woodruff House. The beautiful Soldiers' Monument was erected by Mr. George 
Cook and wife. The first " skyscraper," The Rothstock, is located on Court Street and may be noticed at the right of the statue on the monument. 




VIEW OF WASHINGTON STKEET SHOWING FLOW KB MONUMENT. 

\ M C. A. Building on the left. Jefferson County Bank Building on the right. The Flower Library, First, Presbytei tan 
tal, Nurses' Home, and many beautiful residences are located on t ins street. Three miles out is the beautiful cemetery, 
cemetery is now being erected bj Mr. Fred Flower in memory ot his father (ifor^c w. Flower. 



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LOOKING UP STATE STREET. BAPTIST CHURCH AND SMITH BUILDING 

State Street is ;i pari <>t the old post road from Albany to Sackett's Harbor. 







A YIKW OF THE RIVER FROM THE NORTH SIDE. 

rtking southeast, showing the rear ■ >! the Babcock Wagon Works on the left. 




VIEW FROM PROSPECT HILL. 
On the north Bide <>t river showing the Bagley & Sewall Foundry on the left and a part of Farwell & Rliines Mill on the right, the home of " Diabetes Flour. 




BLACK RIVER AT SUSPENSION BRIDGE. 
Riverside Flats on the left an. 1 a part "I New If oris Air Brake Works on tin' right. 




LOOKING DOWN THE Kl\ ER. 
From the " Huntington Street Drive" showing on the right the old Remington I'apcr Mill, imu International Paper Company. 




view LOOKING NORTH I'ROM the overhead crossing. 
Arsenal Street at the Junctl lape Vincent Road on the left. The right hand track follows the bend of the river into the heart "I the city. 




VIEW FROM TDK PINNA CLK IN CITY PARK LOOKING NORTH 

Factory Square in center. 




Trinity Clmrcli 



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TELESCOPIC PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE 
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Rotlistock. 
f. FROM THE PINNACLE OF CITY PARK. 
Rddition in i In- works of the New York Air Brake Company 



Baptist Cliur 



Holy Fauiilj Church. 






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\ IKW FROM THK FRANKLIN SI'HKKT KNTRANCK IN CITY ['ARK LOOKING NOR'1 




SUSPENSION BRIDGE AM" BLACK RIVER FALLS 




PUBLIC SQUARE IN 1866. 




UNIVERSALIS!' CHURCH AND HARRIS Hoi SE. 
Now being demolished to make room for Hotel ami city block with Arcade through to Franklin Street. 




LAST 1>AYS IN THE OLD HKill SCHOOL. 




Cost more than one hundred thousand dollars. wl 

perfect sanitary condition making it a great aid in stamping out the typhoid fever epidemic 



NEW HKiH SCHOOL. 
11 partly finished in spring of 1904 it was taken possession of by Hoard of Health for a temporary hospital, its 




THE R. I'. FLOWER MEMORIAL LIBRARY. 
Erected l>y his daughter, Mrs. .1. B. Taylor, at a cost of nearly a quarter oi a million dollars. The decorations reflect local historical events making it unique and 
original, the only library in America with such individuality. 



( lompetent eril ics say that no more beautiful library building exists in the country. 




ROSWELL TETTIBONE FLOWER 



Governor of New York in 1891. His death in 1S90 was mourned by the people of tin- 
State, regardless of party affiliation. 



FLOWER MONUMENT. 



A beautiful tribute standing at the foot of Washington Street erected by popular 
subscription in memory of one of Watertown's most honored citizens. 




City Hospital. 
Sisters 1 Hospital. 



WATERTOWN INSTITUTIONS. 
Henry Keep Home. 



Methodist Church and Arinoiy. 
Orphans' Home. 




TK1N1TN CHURCH AND PARISH llul SK. 
This valuable property with rectory adjoining at the right, with every convenience for worship and church work, was erected by Anson i; Klowei and his brother 
R. P. Flower, and given to the corporation of Trinity Church on condition that they "shall not at any, time sell, convej or encumber the said structure 01 any part 
thereof or any pew therein." 




Residem 1 1'. 1). Ruth. 

Residence of \V. A. Johnston. 



WATKRTOffX HOMES. 
Governor Flower Homestead. 



Residence "t .1 ■ Byron Taylor. 
Residence of W. P. Herring, 




VIEW FROM THE l'lA/./.A OK THE CRESCENT YACHT CLUB. 
A "clam bake." The crystal waters ot Luke Ontario make Chaumont Bay an ideal place for boating. 



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WAT I (MOWN PARK 




PLAN OF CITY PARK WHEN COMP1 ETED. 
Unknown donors have purchased ovei 700 acres of land on the " Pinnacle " ami expended over one million dollars already on a public park which is to be given to 
the city and endowed for perpetual care when fully completed. It is now open to the public and is a delightful resort. Several telescopic panoramic views from 
ih is park are shown in this book, On a clear day the waters ol the St Law rence River, twenty miles away, can i»- seen from Pinnacle Point. 







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"BONNY BRAE." 
The residence section in City Park. A delightful location for a home. 



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IN THE CITY FAR.K. 



State Street Entrance. 
The Boys' " Yacht Club " at the Wading Fool. 



Steps to Wading Pool. 

One of the Beautiful Walks. 




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